davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
kudos:8 | reply to Dude111
Re: [Rant] LED lights are ugly crap Better in the 80's, hell. Christmas lights were much better when they were honking big bulbs with 1/4" threaded bases, when the whole string would fail if one bulb didn't work, when however much care you took to put them away in functioning condition, the string would always amuse itself by practicing advanced knot tying in the attic, and inevitably several bulbs would not survive the summer, so the lights never ever worked when you unpacked them, and it was always after the shops closed for the evening and besides they were always fresh out of bulbs because every other kid's father had also left it to the last minute to consider that just maybe the christmas tree lights needed to be tested, and no I don't know where I left the spares. That is the true meaning of christmas. |
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 JohkalCool CatPremium,MVM
join:2002-11-13
Happy Valley
kudos:5
 ·Comcast
| When I was a kid (early 60s), we had 2 types of bulbs; big bulbs for outside & the slightly smaller size for the Christmas tree. I would help my dad go through an entire string if it didn't light. My aunt would use these cool deep star shaped reflectors that you would put on the bulb receptacle before you screwed in the bulb. Ahhh.. memories! |
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BobAccount deleted
join:2012-07-22
New Jersey | reply to dave
I had an LED string fail after only one season.
The nice thing is that they use so little power, I just leave them plugged in 24/7. |
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said by dave:Better in the 80's, hell. Christmas lights were much better when they were honking big bulbs with 1/4" threaded bases, when the whole string would fail if one bulb didn't work, when however much care you took to put them away in functioning condition, the string would always amuse itself by practicing advanced knot tying in the attic, and inevitably several bulbs would not survive the summer, so the lights never ever worked when you unpacked them, and it was always after the shops closed for the evening and besides they were always fresh out of bulbs because every other kid's father had also left it to the last minute to consider that just maybe the christmas tree lights needed to be tested, and no I don't know where I left the spares. That is the true meaning of christmas.
damn right, nothing built character like having to check every bulb on a string lights to find the dead one |
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